Moved super fast at Amazon compared to other big tech companies. Learned a lot!
Amazon is known for its poor WLB. Don't expect that to be false.
It's not as bad as some said it would be. Maybe I was lucky, but don't expect to be working less than 40 hours a week.
Applied for the job via the Amazon.jobs website. I was sent an Online Assessment (OA) to complete about an hour after applying for the role. I then took the OA a few days later, which seems to have new changes to combat AI usage during these coding
Behavioral questions and then technical. Behavioral was focusing on the Leadership Principles - brush up on those and apply to resume and come up with narratives. Technical was Dynamic Programming. Overall, straightforward and nothing out of the ordi
Round 1: Behavioral 20 min + Coding 40 min (Meeting Rooms 2) Round 2: Behavioral 15 min + LLD 45 min (Design Hashmap) Round 3: Entirely behavioral: deep dive into past projects and experiences
Applied for the job via the Amazon.jobs website. I was sent an Online Assessment (OA) to complete about an hour after applying for the role. I then took the OA a few days later, which seems to have new changes to combat AI usage during these coding
Behavioral questions and then technical. Behavioral was focusing on the Leadership Principles - brush up on those and apply to resume and come up with narratives. Technical was Dynamic Programming. Overall, straightforward and nothing out of the ordi
Round 1: Behavioral 20 min + Coding 40 min (Meeting Rooms 2) Round 2: Behavioral 15 min + LLD 45 min (Design Hashmap) Round 3: Entirely behavioral: deep dive into past projects and experiences